Published by The International Centre for Therapeutic Care
Editor Having been working in or around child care for over forty years now, one of the key lessons we have learnt is how little people learn from the past mistakes of others. It is quite extraordinary the way that Ministers introduce rafts of new legislation, strategies, policies, methods of work and pilot schemes without first … Read more
Here I am at the supermarket checkout. Right hand moves the stuff to the scanner. Left hand pushes it on. When I can, without being obvious, I glance at the clock. This time it’s another half an hour to the end of my shift. Last time I took a peek it was forty minutes. I … Read more
Click For The Book Accompanying the Student Life Handbook is the Palgrave Student Planner 2006, prepared by Stella Cottrell. We were rather amazed to see that this has an ISBN as it is really an A5 diary covering the academic year 2006-7. It is designed for students, with all the right slots in it to … Read more
Click For The Book Review by Christine Fanthome This is one of the Palgrave Study Guides, which include books on study skills, critical thinking, writing, and using English as a second language. They are all aimed at helping students in a practical way. This particular book gives nearly two hundred pages of sensible advice to … Read more
Click For The Book Review by Sue Kennedy In my ongoing quest to engage social work students in the exploration and discussion of gender I found this book recently and was immediately captured by the approach taken by Mimi Schippers to looking at the gender roles, assumptions, and lives of the men and women involved … Read more
Keats may have thought of autumn as a season of mist and mellow fruitfulness, but that’s not what’s at the top of the minds of millions of school children and students. Autumn is the time when they go back to school or college to get on with studying, the time when holidays are over, when … Read more
October 2001 There are some events which shape world history, giving people a new perspective on things. The October issue of the Webmag in 2001 reflected the tragedies of 9/11. Here was a cycle of events covering only a few hours, but which has influenced Government policies, security measures and a host of other things … Read more
There has been a recent resurgence of interest in secure children’s homes for a number of reasons: some local authorities being forced to close their homes because of a lack of welfare referrals; the publication by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES )of Research Report No 749 Qualitative Study: The Use by Local Authorities … Read more
A mixture of news items, future events, sales pitches, comments and whimsies, including ACAL, smacking, teenage pregnancies, reporting on Ofsted, shoes, brains, obesity and tennis. Smacking Children Are Unbeatable has been carrying out another campaign to keep their aim of obliterating smacking in the forefront of MPs’ minds. This time it’s been an Early Day … Read more
This is the first of a series of Adoption Diaries which first appeared in The Door. We plan to publish an article on alternate months. In this episode, a couple who adopted through the Diocesan agency, Parents And Children Together (PACT), tell what happens when you explore the adoption option. Caroline, a counsellor in a … Read more
A manifesto for looked after children In May 2007 there will be elections to the Scottish parliament. In preparation, a number of child care agencies, including SIRCC, have got together to draft a manifesto for looked after children. A substantial document has been produced – No time to lose – a title which aims to … Read more
School children in Liverpool have been learning all about recycling, thanks to an innovative initiative from Novelis, the world’s leading aluminium can recycler. Novelis has developed Think Cans, a range of resources designed for use in schools to enable teachers to integrate recycling within the main subject areas of the curriculum, and in so doing … Read more